accusatorial

1. 1.

   specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor

   Antonymsinquisitorial

Questions about accusatorial

What does accusatorial mean?

accusatorial means "specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor".

How many syllables are in accusatorial?

accusatorial has 6 syllables: ac-cu-sa-to-ri-al. The stress falls on "ri".

What is the opposite of accusatorial?

The recorded antonyms are inquisitorial.

Is accusatorial a common word?

accusatorial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.